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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

V M. HUTCHISON. V

RAILWAY GAR.

11 301,895. Patented Ju1y'15, 1884.

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(No Model.)

M. HUTGHISON.

RAILWAY GAR.

Patented July 15, 1884.

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U IT D STATES MARCUS HUTOHISON,

PATENT OFFICE.

on NEW YORK, n- Y.

- RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,895, dated July 15,18 84.

. o Application filed October 16, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARoUs HUTOHISON, of the city, county, and StateofNew York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements inRailway-0ars, a full, clear, and exact description of which is containedin the following specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide an immediate, safe, and easymeans of escape from railway-cars in cases of collision, fire, or otherdisaster, and to arrange such means of escape in a convenient positionin the cars, so that it may be accessible to the conductor or any of thepassengers who may find it necessary to use it. In nearly every instancewhere a collision occurs on a railway, the doors at each end of ourAmerican cars are rendered useless, because the platforms are broken andthe cars become what are called telescoped, and the passengers are thusimprisoned in the ears without any means or way of escape, save theinadequate and useless resort of breaking the car-windows. My inventionprovides a way whereby a section or sections on either or both sides ofthe car can be thrown open, so as to permit the passengers to escape inan instant whenever an accident occurs.

Figure 1 represents "a longitudinal section of the interior of arailway-car with the adjustable sections or section in position. Fig. 2is a transverse section of the side of a railway-car with the adjustablesection or sections in position, and also thrown open. Fig. 3 shows alongitudinal section of the side of a railway-car with the automaticbolt for holding the adjustable section of the car in its place. Fig. 4is the automatic bolt.

In putting my invention into practical op eration, I have constructedand arranged an adjustable section, S S, which is tightly fitted intoand forms part of the side of a railwaycar. In this section there may beone or more windows, 1), according as convenience or utility may suggestor'require. The lower side of this section S S is secured to the side ofthe car by suitable hinges, a, at its lower side, as shown in Fig. 2,which permits the section or sections to be opened or closed, as

hereinafter described. The sides of the ad justable section are beveledand grooved, as

around the section perfectly air-tight and secure. At the upper side ofthe section there are secured two sockets, f f, with cone-shapedopenings to receive the cone-shaped tenons c c onthe automatic bolt D,as shown in Fig. 3. To the end of this automatic bolt D there isattached a spiral spring, a", which shoots the automatic bolt into itsplace and holds it firmly there when the section of the car is closed,and also serves to hold the section of the car securely in its place.

In case of collision or disaster the section S S of the car is easilythrown open by means of the lever F, so as to permit passengers toescape. This lever is fastened to the car by a bracket, d, and isprovided with awedgc or incline, p, which, when the handle of the leveris pulled downward, first presses. the

automatic bolt D backward out of the sockets,

and then the end of the lever pressed against the metallic flange '5 onthe side of the section forces it outward and open. The automatic bolt Dis provided with a small wheel, 70, at the end, which enables it to runeasily and smoothly on the wedge or incline of thelever. This lever mayalso be operated from the out.- side of the car by adding to the upperor handle end'a supplemental lever and a chain or bell-rope. Theautomatic bolt D operates in two bearings, which are connected with thecar, as shown-in Fig. 1. The automatic bolt D is made square in theplace where it operates in said bearings, and the bearings are of thesame shape, which prevents the automatic bolt from revolving, and holdsthe tenons 'of said bolt in a line with the sockets on the sections of arailway-car, the automatic bolt,

the lever, and wedge for operating the same, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

MARCUS HUTGHISON.

Witnesses:

J osnrn MA'rnnws, WM. J. MOGRANAHAN.

